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ENLARGEMENT OF THE STENONIAN OR 
PAROTID DUCT. 
\_Bi/ the same,^ 
A HORSE belonging to E. Troop was shewn to me, shortly after 
joining the regiment, by the farrier, who stated, that about six or 
eight months previously he had a trifling enlargement on the side 
of the face, which the farrier major, upon its being shewn to him> 
opened; and that for some time afterwards it discharged a watery 
fluid, and upon the discharge ceasing it took to swelling, and had 
been gradually becoming worse. The duct was considerably en¬ 
larged throughout its whole extent, very much resembling a thick 
cord, and at that part where it penetrates the cheek (being where 
it had been punctured) was as large as a duck's egg. He did 
not appear to suffer any inconvenience from it; but being un¬ 
sightly, and from the farrier's assuring me it was increasing in 
size, I ordered it to be blistered, which was repeated, but without 
effecting any reduction of it. 
CASTRATION. 
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[By the same,^ 
HAVING been requested by Dr. P-, of the Hon. East India 
Company's Seiwice, to castrate a horse for him, I accordingly had 
him cast for the purpose. Commencing with the left testicle, which 
having extracted, I proceeded to remove the right. Having 
opened the scrotum, and divided the tunica vaginalis, I naturally 
expected the testicle to make its escape, but instead of so doing, it 
remained within its cavity, in consequence of firm adhesions be¬ 
tween the tunica vaginalis and tunica albuginea, at the inferior and 
posterior part, which I had great difficulty in separating; indeed, 
I could not accomplish the removal of the testis without the aid of 
the scalpel. On the third and fourth day there was considerable 
swelling; but in the course of a week it subsided, and the horse 
did very well. 
Although this adhesion between the tunics is not mentioned by 
any writer, it is not of unfrequent occurrence, and rarely followed 
by any untoward symptoms. 
